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THE
Iranian World Geography Provinces, Districts, Islands, Cities & Villages: |
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| Nowadays in: | District/Province of: | In the Ancient Iranian District/Province of: | Founded by Dynasty: | Separated from Iran | New Persian |
Pahlavi (Middle Persian) |
Aryan (Old Persian) |
Median | Elamite |
Avestan |
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| Abadan | - | Khuzestan | Pars | Achaemenian | - | Ābādān |
Āpphana |
Ābphadānā |
- | - | - |
| Ardabil | - | Ardabil | Artavē |
Sasanian | - | Ardabil | Bādān
Pērōz |
- | - | - | Artavillā |
| Ashghabad | Turkmenistan | - | Margiana | Parthian | 19th Century | Eshaghabad | Ashkabad | - | - | - | - |
| Baghdad | Iraq | Khvarvaran | Achaemenian | 17th Century | Baghdad | Baghdad | Baghdat | - | - | - | |
| Bahrain | Bahrain | - | Miyân-Ab | Sumerian/Parthian | 1970 | Bahrain |
Mishmâhig/Ovâl |
- | - | - | - |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | Arran | Arran | Achaemenian | 1801 | Baku | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balkh | Afghanistan | Ariana | Achaemenian | 19th Century | Balkh | Paktra | Bactria | - | - | - | |
| Buhkhara | Uzbekistan | Buhkhara | Achaemenian | 19th Century | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Damghan | - | Qumes | Parthian | Sad-Darvāze | |||||||
| Dascylium | Turkey | - | Achaemenian | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ganjeh | Azerbaijan | Arran | Arran | - | 19th Century | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamedan | - | Hamedan | Median | n/a | Hamedan | Hekmataneh | - | - | - | - | |
| Gorgan | - | Golestan | Proto-Median | n/a | Gorgān |
Hyrcānia | Hyrcānia | Hyrcania | Hyrcania | Hyrcania | |
| Gumūš
Tepe |
- | Gorgān | Hyrcānia |
Sasanian | n/a | Gumūš Tepe | Ābaskūn |
- | - | - | - |
| Isfahan | - | Esfahan | Gabiyana | Elamite/Median | n/a | Esfahan | Jey/Spahan | Jey/Espahan | Gabiyan | - | - |
| Kakavand | - | Kermanshah | Median | n/a | Kakavand | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kharazm | Turkmenistan | - | Proto-Median | 19th Century | Kharazm | Khwarezmia | Khwarezmia | Khwarezmia | Khwarezmia | Khwarezmia | |
| Khark Island | - | Ghobad-Khoreh | Elamite | n/a | Khark | Arakia | Ikaria | ? | Ikaria | - | |
| Khiveh | Uzbekistan | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | Kuwait | Kuwait | Ikaru | Assyrian/Achaemenid | |||||||
| Harran | Turkey | Asuristan | Assuristan | Parthian | n/a | Karkheh | Karkhae | - | - | - | - |
| Merv | Turkmenistan | Marv | Khurrasan | Achaemenian | 19th Century | Marv | Marv | Margiana | Margiana | - | Margiana |
| Mēshun | Iraq | Basra | Khvarvaran | Sasanian |
18th Century |
- | Abarkavādh |
- | - | - | - |
| Meybod | - | Yazd | Sasanian | n/a | Meybod | Meybod | - | - | - | - | |
| Mazun | Oman | Mazun | Mazun | Achaemenid/Parthian | 7th Century | Oman | Mazun | Mâkâ | Mâkâ | - | - |
| Nisa | Turkmenistan | Nisa | Parthian | 19th Century | Nisa | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Nishabur | - | Khorrasan | Abrashar | Sasanian | - | Neyšābūr |
Nīšāpūr |
- | - | - | - |
| Paveh | - | Kermanshah | Pre-Median | n/a | Paveh | Pav | - | - | - | - | |
| Qeshm | - | Hormozgan | Qeshm | Abarkāvān |
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| Qomes | - | ||||||||||
| Rayy | - | Tehran | Median | n/a | Rayy | Raga | Raga | Raga | - | ||
| Salmas | - | ||||||||||
| Samarkand | Uzbekistan | 19th Century | Samarqand | ||||||||
| Shakhrisabz | Uzbekistan | 19th Century | |||||||||
| Shairaz | - | Fars | Achaemenid | n/a | Shiraz | - | - | - | - | ||
| Siraf | - | ||||||||||
| Soghd | Uzbekistan | Soghdiana | Achaemenid | 19th Century | Soghod | Soghdiana | Soghdiana | Soghdiana | - | Soghdiana | |
| Shush | - | Ilam | Elamite | n/a | Shush | Susiana | Susiana | Susiana | Shush | ||
| Tashkend | Uzbekistan | 19th century | |||||||||
| Tis | - | Sistan & Baluchestan | Sakestan | Parthian | n/a | Tis | Tis | - | - | - | - |
| Tisfun | Iraq | - | Khvarvaran | Parthian | 18th Century | Tisfoun | Tispwn | - | - | - | - |
| Zabul | - | Sistan & Baluchestan | Sakestan | Pre-Median | n/a | Zabol | Zabol | Zabol | - | - | - |
Rivers & Seas:
Hills & Mountains:
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